What sort of bread do you eat?

[Cliphead]

I was recently reading about the Chorleywood process of bread making which for decades has given us the uniform plastic wrapped bread which makes up the bulk of what's available on supermarket shelves, even the store baked crusty loaf is probably produced by the same method. More yeast than traditionaly made bread as well as added chemicals doesn't make it the tastiest or perhaps even the healthiest of breads.

I remember a thread on here a while back about breadmakers and it seems a few on here preferred to bake their own. I use mine to knead the dough but finish by hand and for soda bread I do it by hand.

So, over to the panel. What do you prefer and why? Would you make your own for economic / taste reasons or is it too much of a faff? Would you pay a bit more for tastier, traditionally made bread?

[AtW]

Rye bread from Waitrose, very nice...

[suityou01]

Burgen from Asda.

[Paddy]

Too many breads to prefer only one but some favourites are:-

Soda Bread

Baltic/Russian Bread

Stone baked flat bread in a wood oven

[Sysman]

I was a bit shocked by the price of bread when I came to Switzerland, but on reflection it wasn't much more expensive than bread from a traditional privately owned bakery in the UK. UK supermarkets have for a long time sold bread and milk cheaply to get housewives into the shop.

I have half a dozen varieties to go at but my preference is what is known as Hausbrot (house bread). Loaves here are sold by weight. The occasional foray into Germany gives a bit more choice.

A decent lump of a gazillion types of Swiss, French or Italian cheese, or just for a change some mature cheddar goes well.

The joke here in Switzerland is that you can take a slice of white British bread and roll it into a small ball between your fingertips.

[SimonMac]

Buttered?!

[Cliphead]

The joke here in Switzerland is that you can take a slice of white British bread and roll it into a small ball between your fingertips.

It just turns back into the dough it started from when you do that.

[Robinho]

Don't eat bread.

[Cliphead]

Don't eat bread.

Don't eat factory produced bread. It's a staple around the world and until it gets tampered with it's healthy and tasty.

[Robinho]

To clarify...

I don't eat bread.